Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Petrochemicals, Agriculture & Food and Building & Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul All Share added 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the Tadawul All Share were Al Andalus Property Co SJSC (SE:4320), which rose 6.96% or 1.08 points to trade at 16.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Ash-Sharqiyah Development Company (SE:6060) added 6.07% or 4.40 points to end at 76.90 and Salama Cooperative Insurance Co (SE:8050) was up 4.78% or 0.62 points to 13.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SABB Takaful (SE:8080), which fell 3.43% or 0.70 points to trade at 19.70 at the close. Saudi Advanced Industries Co. (SE:2120) declined 2.17% or 0.34 points to end at 15.34 and Baazeem Trading Co (SE:4051) was down 1.88% or 0.80 points to 41.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Saudi Arabia Stock Exchange by 136 to 52 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ash-Sharqiyah Development Company (SE:6060) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 6.07% or 4.40 to 76.90.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.04% or 0.02 to $52.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.16% or 0.09 to hit $57.23 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.35 to trade at $1585.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/SAR was up 0.05% to 4.0645, while USD/SAR rose 0.00% to 3.7506.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 99.040.